Wednesday's football tips: Ivory Coast and Egypt battle for quarter-final berth
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Afcon's round of 16 concludes on Wednesday evening, with the quarter-final line-up set to be confirmed following ties between Ivory Coast and Egypt and Mali and Equatorial Guinea.
Closer to home there is a feast of Scottish football, as well as an intriguing Championship battle between West Brom and Preston at the Hawthorns.
Today's best accumulator bets
All bets must be placed by 7pm on Wednesday.
Mali to beat Equatorial Guinea
St Johnstone to beat Dundee
Hibs to beat Motherwell
West Brom to beat Preston
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Hearts v Celtic
Sky Sports Football, 7.45pm
Celtic have a number of players out through injury and away on international duty and they may struggle to break Hearts, who have lost just one of their 13 home games this season.
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Best bet
Hearts or draw double chance
Bet of the day
Ivory Coast to beat Egypt
Sky Sports Main Event & BBC iPlayer 4pm Wednesday
Only Cameroon scored more goals in the group stage than Ivory Coast and they face an Egypt side who were soundly beaten by Nigeria in their opening group game.
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Goalscorer bet of the day
Mali v Equatorial Guinea
Sky Sports Premier League, 7pm Wednesday
Adama Malouda Traore netted six times in Sheriff Tiraspol's famous Champions League run this season and has registered the joint-most shots in this Mali side so far. He is 3-1 to get his name on the scoresheet.
Best bet
Adama Malouda Traore to score at any time
Stat of the day
West Brom v Preston Sky Sports red button, 8pm Wednesday
West Brom have won their last ten home games against Preston.
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